Bayonne police nab Brooklyn pair at gunpoint on shoplifting charges

Bayonne police can add to their naughty list a pair of Brooklyn men charged with shoplifting at Staples and obstruction of government function, police said.
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Bayonne police can add to their naughty list a pair of Brooklyn men charged with shoplifting at Staples and obstruction of government function, said a police official.

At 9:41 a.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a theft at the Staples on Lefante Way.

"We were told that two shoplifters had just left the store with stolen merchandise," said Lt. Jeremy Sullivan. "We sent out a call and officers observed two individuals near 32nd Street and Prospect Avenue with merchandise sticking out of their backpacks."

Sullivan said the officers asked Curtis Jenkins, 29 and Kyseem Moyd, 30, both from Brooklyn, to stop, but they broke out into a run.

"They fled on foot and the officers gave chase," said Sullivan. "They ran across and onto the Hudson Bergen Light Rail property."

Sullivan said as the two men ran towards the tracks, they tried to dispose of their backpacks under a parked vehicle.

"They were apprehended at gunpoint at Avenue E and 34th Street," said Sullivan. "The merchandise was recovered from under the vehicle."

Jenkins and Moyd were taken to police headquarters then later released on a summons.